Yarn-guard for reels.



No. 798,939. PATBNTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

W. P. WINGATE.

YARN GUARD FOR REELS. APPLICATION nun) NOV. 14, 1904.

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YARN GUARD FOR REELS.

APPLIOATION I-ILBD NOV. 14, 1904.

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Witnesses m'zmm \VILLARD l. \VINGATE, OF \VAXlIAlY, NORTH CAROLlNA.

YARN-GUARD FOR HEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed November 14, 1904. Serial No. 232,704.

To all 107mm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, 'ILLARD P. \Vrxexrn, a citizen of the United States,residing at axhaw, in the county of Union and State of North (,arolina,have invented a new and useful Yarn-(:iuard for Reels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to yarn and cotton reels or swifts, and has forits principal ob ject to provide novel means for preventing the soilingof the yarn as the hanks are removed through the dofiing-wheel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of bearingor oil-cup for the reception of the doff-wheel end of the reel-shaft.

\Vith these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts herein after fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of the reel provided with a yarn-guard constructed in accordancewith the invention. Fig. .2 is a similar view of the doff-wheel and itsbearing detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the dotf-wheel andbearing. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of the device on theline 4 1 of Fig.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In reel doff-wheels of ordinary construction much difficulty isexperienced in the removal of the yarn after the winding operation, itbeing practically impossible with reels in use at the present time toprevent soiling of the yarn by the lubricating material necessarilyemployed for the bearings of the reel-shaft.

in the drawings there is shown a portion of the frame 10 of a reel 11,the latter being of the usual construction. One end of the reel-shaft 12is supported in a doff-wheel 13, that is provided with the usual gap andhas a peripheral groove receiving a curved supporting-bracket 14:, onwhich it turns to facilitate the removal of the slceins of yarn.

The hub of the doff-wheel is extended in the direction of the reel toform an elongated sleeve 16, that receives the end of the reelshaft 12,and on the opposite side of the doffwheel is a pcripherally-threaded hubportion 17, that receives a screw-cap 18 in order to conceal and guardthe end of the reel-shaft. To the shaft 12 is secured a ring or collar18, that turns against the inner surface or bore of the sleeve 16 andprevents the passage of oil in the direction of the reel, and saidsleeve is extended beyond the collar 18 to the hub of the spider at theend of the reel or swift.

1n the hub of the doffer is formed an opening through which oil may beintroduced for lubricating purposes, and said opening is threaded forthe reception of a screw 20, which when in position does not extendbeyond the periphery of the hub, so that it will not interfere with theready removal of the yarn.

\Vhen the device is in use, the elongated sleeve and the cap willprevent the passage of the oil, so that the skeins of yarn may beallowed to come into contact with the hub and dolf-wheel without dangerof being soiled. The device is further advantageous in that it permitsthe yarn being removed more quickly than with reels of the presentconstruction, where great care must be exercised in the handling of theskeins in order to prevent their coming into contact with the shaft.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a reel01' swift, a dofling-wheel having a hub portion arranged for thereception of the reel-shaft, said hub being inwardly extended to engageagainst the end of the reel, means for preventing the flow oflubricating material forward through the extended hub portion to thereel, and a cap carried by the hub and serving to conceal the end of theshaft.

2. In a reel or swift, a dotting-wheel having an extended hub or sleeveforming a bearing, a reel-shaft carried by said hub or sleeve, a collarrigidly secured to the shaft and bearing against the inner face or boreof thesleeve, and a cap for concealing the end of the reclshaft.

3. In a reel or swift, adoliing-wheel in which the hub at one side isextended to form an elongated sleeve, and on the opposite side is pro-In testimony that I claim the foregoing as vided with peripheralscrew-threads, a reelmy ownIhave hereto afiixed my signature in IQ shaftextending through the hub, a rigid 001- the presence of two witnesses.

lar on the reel-shaft bearing against the inner 5 face of the extendedhub, said hub being ex- WILLARD WINGATE' tended inward for contact withthe end of the V Witnesses: reel, and a hollow cap-piece carried by theH. M. WILLIAMS, threaded portion of the hub. J. C. STEELE.

